I don't really see the religious right doing anything more or less extreme than they were doing 15 years ago when I started becoming aware of the issues. They keep yelling and some people join them, some people fight them and most people ignore them to go on living.
I do see kids becoming, somewhat, more tolerant. Kids are accepting the fact that homosexuality happens, but it doesn't stop them from picking on the gay kids. Just like they won't stop picking on the short kids, fat kids, slow kids, smart kids, shy kids, etc. Kids, as a whole, aren't the most tolerant of people anyway. Now, young adults, on the other hand, are much more tolerant of homosexuality than they were when I hit my early 20s.
It is true that the more things change the more they stay the same. Everything that was in the movie has been going on for decades and will keep going on for years to come. We'll never all agree on what is right and that's OK too. Just as they'll always be around, we'll always be around too.
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Date: 2007-02-20 06:57 pm (UTC)I do see kids becoming, somewhat, more tolerant. Kids are accepting the fact that homosexuality happens, but it doesn't stop them from picking on the gay kids. Just like they won't stop picking on the short kids, fat kids, slow kids, smart kids, shy kids, etc. Kids, as a whole, aren't the most tolerant of people anyway. Now, young adults, on the other hand, are much more tolerant of homosexuality than they were when I hit my early 20s.
It is true that the more things change the more they stay the same. Everything that was in the movie has been going on for decades and will keep going on for years to come. We'll never all agree on what is right and that's OK too. Just as they'll always be around, we'll always be around too.